Evangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva on Thursday formally joined the race for the Senate in 2013.

Villanueva, leader of the Jesus Is Lord (JIL) Christian sect and chair of the Bangon Pilipinas party, yesterday went to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formally file his candidacy certificate.

He substituted for Bangon Pilipinas senatorial candidate Israel Virgines, who withdrew his candidacy. Friday is the last day for substitution of candidates.

“There was a clamor for me to reconsider my former decision (not to run). So, because of the clamor, I decided to accept the challenge. I’m so inspired by the daang matuwid (straight path) program of our President P-Noy (Aquino),” he told reporters.

Villanueva twice made an unsuccessful run for the presidency, in 2004 and 2010. His son, Joel Villanueva, who heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), was supposed to have been considered for the administration coalition’s senatorial slate but dropped out reportedly because of his poor showing in the surveys.

According to Villanueva, certain prominent personalities, including former Chief Justice Reynato Puno and former Economic Planning Secretary Cielito Habito, had convinced him to run for senator. Puno joined him at the Comelec yesterday.

“My wife and all my children, they understand my passionate love for the country. They fully understand why I was imprisoned twice during (dictator Ferdinand) Marcos’ time. And now, this is just a continuity of our passion for the nation,” said Villanueva, who is the 33rd candidate running for the Senate next year.

Villanueva said he would act as a “peacemaker” in the Senate, if elected.

“I can serve as a peacemaker there. If senators have disagreements, I think I am qualified to patch up any possible differences and hasten the passage of sensible legislation needed by our country,” he said.

Villanueva said he would focus on the issues of the 10 million overseas Filipino workers and review the country’s “antiquated laws.”

“OFWs are spending so many years of their lives outside the country and their families need the help of government,” he said.

He said he was for the reproductive health bill but is opposed to divorce in general.

“The Bible says God hates divorce but there is an exemption. So, that would be studied in the Senate. I believe in the collective wisdom of the people to be elected in the Senate,” he said.

Virgines denied that Bangon Pilipinas had planned all along for Villanueva to eventually replace him as a Senate candidate.

“Although we are also qualified, for us he is better qualified because of his experience and dedication. He is popular and has winnability,” Virgines said.

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w33k3nd3r

Separation of Church and State.

batangpaslit

in North America, many are members of Senate, Congress, Members of Parliament, and Members of Congress who are members of the cloth.

Shouldn’t even be allowed to run under separation of Church and State.

A senate with a comedian, 3 actions stars, 2 coup plotters, led by a Martial Law architect…. now a preacher wants in. Filipinos better stop voting on the basis of “winnability”. The only thing being won is a circus act, and the joke’s on the entire country.

batangpaslit

i wonder, in North America, preachers and pastors are embraced to join political race. in fact, a number of the Members of the Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly in Canada are pastors
many of them occupies appointed positions too, e.g., Deputy Ministers, so on and so forth.
but in the Philippines, preachers and pastors are despised to run for elective office, or get appointed to appointive positions

let the voting Filipinos decide to vote him out or to vote him in.
i thought, the Philippines is a democratic country that even actors, actresses, school dropouts, thieves, adulterers and fornicators, and criminals could run for elective offices or get appointed to rank unelective positions

hehehe…hindi ko kilala personal si Eddie Villanueva.
kawawa ka naman
at ano ang pakialam mo kung nagbigay ng abuloy ang mga miyembro nia sa kanyang gawain?
inggit ka?
i pity you because you have no ability to distiguish issues from your parochial thinking
President Lincoln lost his candidacy several times.
Vote him out if you don’t like his face.
But do not arrogate that the Philippines is a democratic country when you refuse to allow your own kababayan to express their inkling to run for elective office.
Your mind is warp. Sayang ang ID mong “king”. You don’t think like a real king.
You think that of a Tyrant Dictator.
hahaha…

$14334231

he’s thinking of the pork barrel…that’s the bottom line….and don’t lie that you don’t know him….you are one his disciples, right????…hehehe….

Pork barrel is illegal and unconstitutional. The Congress is going beyond its mandate to enact laws. The constitution clearly delineates the functions of the Government: the Executive is responsible for the execution of laws and operationalization of services to the citizenry; the Legislative deliberates and enacts laws; while the judiciary interprets laws. There is no way that the Congress can ever legally legitimize their pork barrel allocations.

Well, didn’t Bro. Eddie ask Manny for free tickets to the Pacquiao-Marquez fight? Didn’t he also “borrow” money to pay for their hotel accomodations? Aba, lubos-lubosin na. What’s P100 million for his candidacy? It’s for a good cause. Manny wouldn’t be able to bring his riches to his grave anyway.

farmerpo

More money in politics than religion? Maybe! Contributions are contributions.

mucho_cheapo

Again, we must have distinct and absolute separation between Church and State. .

Commentator

Mike Huckabee of US is also a pastor before becoming a governor of Arkansas( same as Clinton) and running for president. Maybe Eddie Villanueva can also be like him.

Are the pastors swarming Pacman under Villanueva leadership? Better not vote for him.

concern_pinoy_citizen

Pacman is a member of the Newlife Church under Ptr. Jeric Soriano. JIL is not connected with Newlife.

Beguine

Just another “Maybe this time I’ll win” kind of old pop song
wistful hopeful recurring refrain.

Bet you it’ll prove to be, “This time you’ll lose once again!” nonetheless!

http://profile.yahoo.com/VS5EYSP4FPOTVQCJZ24NRE6Z2M Edgardo Mendoza

CARNIVAL TAGLE FOR PRESIDENT!!

Fulpol

Like Richard Gomez, Eddie Villanueva is demoting himself every election…

I hope the kingdom of God will not demote him from his lofty position as spiritual leader once he sits in the Senate…

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AQ7FKNAHJQWEDZKOGGWF7E3ZZU Gene

he is not after winning any position. he is after the donation from his minions.

Fulpol

Tale of two men of God:

Fr Luis Jalandoni- now spokesperson of NDF, a communist group

Eddie Villanueva – running for Senate seat.
…………………

God has lost His touch to these men..

Fulpol

“Although we are also qualified, for us he is better qualified because of his experience and dedication. He is popular and has winnability,” Virgines said.

———————————-

Bangon Pilipinas supposedly an alternative to “traditional politics” end up being a trapo too…

they might say, even a traditional politician like BS Aquino III has good intentions too…

MULEN

Now his born-again god wants him to be a senator after two failed attempts at the presidency. Can’t wait for the other pastors to join in the fray, with their own version of being their god’s anointed one.

Bro. Eddie defy the law of GOD about serving two masters as indicated in the HOLY BIBLE. If indeed, he is truly a MAN OF GOD he will reconsider and discern his decision of involving himself in politics by running as Senator.

Actually, there’s not much difference between an organized christian religion and the bureaucracy and in fact they have one thing in common. In the bureaucracy, if you want to have your transaction go unhampered, you have to bribe your way through. In religion, to ensure a clear path to heaven, you have to pay the mandated tithes to your local pastors. Pera pera lang iyan. Ang kaibahan lang ang sa mga pastor kasi langit ang ipinapangako kapalit ng ikasampu. Daming nauuto at mauuto nyan kasama na iyong “Pambansang Tulog”.

concern_pinoy_citizen

Wow, what a false claim. Catholic or Atheist ka ba Mulen? Clearly you don’t have an iota of idea what a tithe is.

taga_ilog

“Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.”
hinde porke’t atheist, walang alam sa religion, in fact may survey sa US dyan, and it is a known fact that most atheist are intellectuals.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AQ7FKNAHJQWEDZKOGGWF7E3ZZU Gene

no one has the right to collect tithes except the Levites. kaya kung may gumagamit ng pangongotong sa anyo ng ‘ikapu, wala silang karapatan doon.

wawa2172

Here we go again, a self-confessed righteous Christian leader wanting to be in politics after losing his chance to be the president of the republic. If he is really man of God, he should focus on his job to preach the word of the lord and not to do multitasking. Baka mawala si Lord sa radar ni JIL leader dahil mas masarap ang pork at perks sa senate. He must resign as JIL head so he can have a focus on politics. He must respect the separation of church and state, as its true as other had posted, he cannot served two masters at the same time.

carlcid

Bro. Eddie is a legend in his own mind. He’s run for public office before, always unsuccessfully. The results of this senatorial run are predictable. He will lose miserably, as usual. Why does he continue to run? To keep himself in the public eye? As a fund-raising gimmick? Probably both.

politik is kwarta, they are corrupt, because they do not know business

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PNTIGXL3JZVKOJDRXXDYGGBUUY Jerry

What separation of church and state some of you guys are talking about. Where in the constitution can you find that a minister can’t run for public office. He’s not bringing worship service there. He will legislate laws.

I don’t understand this nation? We seem to sympathize gamblers, chain smoker’s and alcoholics. Are we naturally against a good man? Or we’re just afraid that he might influence our lives to turn to God. If we gave the AKBAYAN, BAYAN Muna the chance why not a cause which teaches Christ?

Kilala mo ba si Bro. Eddie? Are you following his spiritual sermons in the TV? I guess not because if you did, then you will know that Bro. Eddie from the start of his ministry is always advocating against corruption, vices and violence. Huwag kang humusga kung wala kang alam. Ikaw yata ang may topak.

pinoy_abno

I believe in the collective wisdom of the people to be elected in the Senate,” he said…..

I would like to correct your statement that ang mga pare ng simbahang Katoliko ay hindi pumapasok sa ganito. Hindi nga sila kumakandidato pero sobra naman ang pamomolitika nila and it should recently during the RH Bill issue. It’s the same old pen but with different stroke.

I like Bro. Eddie Villanueva as a Minister or Pastor, But I don’t like him to become a politician because politics is always a dirty world and will surely influenced Bro. Eddie. When he run for President in 2010, he asked the support of a sect pastor, who claimed to be the new Jesus Christ. What was Bro. Eddie thinking that time? As a Pastor, he knows better that he should not yoke with unbelievers more so with a false prophet. It clearly showed that Bro. Eddie was already influenced that early by the dirty world of politics. I don’t see him influencing his colleagues in politics but it’s the other way around.

Brother Eddie: God whispered in my ear that I should create a new religion.
Felix Manalo: God whispered in my ear that I am an angel and that I should create my religion.
Eli Soriano: God whispered in my ear that I am the chosen one and that I should create a new religion.
Quiboloy: God whispered in my ear that I am the appointed son of God and so I will create a new religion.

Can you substantiate your statements above? Can you provide a website or link showing that indeed these people really made these statements?

http://profile.yahoo.com/Q2PQRWE4EA3I5CJXQCSQME2JZM Eduardo

pasensya na po kung isa ka sa mga sumusunod sa kanila.

RomyLitz

Sigurado , follower yan. Wala tayong magagawa.

Magsasaka

ikaw na ang maghanap kung interesado ka malaman ang totoo

LJ1200

Lighten up, it’s a joke.

LJ1200

Bro Mike Velarde: God whispered in my ear and I can be a “charismatic” leader and I should not create my own religion. Makikisakay na lang ako sa mga Katoliko dahil marami na sila.

RomyLitz

Mike Velarde : I have to go to the Marie Spencer, time to stretch my wrinkles on my ageing face. Hindi maganda sa TV !!
Quiboloy : Ako rin, have to maintain my baby face !!
Tagle : I still have a lot of hairs !
Eddie : I need a dye for my diminishing hair. Wrinkles , never mind.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AQ7FKNAHJQWEDZKOGGWF7E3ZZU Gene

habang umeebak daw si mike velarde when he was visited by his god. geez…!

LJ1200

Well, God is everywhere.

RomyLitz

El Shaddai : Eggs for sale !! if you have no eggs, eggplants will do…

http://profile.yahoo.com/ZLAGLGDEIA7L3AYVJ7BFJF6HBM jean

First the Catholic Talibans, and now Evangelical Talibans! Oh seriously please, this country is going down the drain already, and the last thing we need is a “theocratic government!!!”

Secularism and Realism NOW!!!

http://profile.yahoo.com/Q2PQRWE4EA3I5CJXQCSQME2JZM Eduardo

Isama mo na ang Iglesia ni Manalo Blood Suckers!

LJ1200

Pati na rin Dating Daan ni Bro. Eli at yung kay Quiboloy

emilio panganiban

p

RomyLitz

Yep, all religious groups that interfered and endorsed candidates and went to the streets , congress, press and media to voice their worldy concern shoud be taxed !! Needless to say that includes too the mostly bald headed or no-hair-today Bishops, Quiboloy , who climed live TV that he and Moses were classmates and the I Need Cash groups, the New and Old Way ministry..etc and etc..

RomyLitz

Yep, the the state and the church should be one now, and everybody pays taxes, no exceptions !!

The congress should now pass the “Church Interference” Law where it merely stipulates that those religious groups that run for any government post thru election and joined the parliamentarizing activities on the streets and expression of protest in the media or the press should be TAXED accordingly. Maybe this time they will know the meaning of the separation of the state and the church or shall we say the Divorce of the Church and the State…

Magsasaka

i agree and next to that some amendments in our constitution, there will be no separation of church and state, all churches should be under the state

RomyLitz

that should be the case,the state rules over the nation including the church. GOD ordained a human form of government.

These Protestant religious leaders, Bishops , Cardinals and “derivative” groups of CBCP should now be booked to pay their taxes. It is clearly unfair since they have billions of pesos in assets to foot their electioneering activities and they have their unlimited sermons or schmoozing at the pulpit every sunday yet they are not paying taxes and the are not supposed to meddle with the state affairs by literally viewing the statutes on their separation from the affairs of governance and their religious groups..

Maitum

at least I am for him…is there any corruption issue? nay….

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AQ7FKNAHJQWEDZKOGGWF7E3ZZU Gene

he is promising salvation that he can’t guarantee. that is corruption and estafa by itself!

beerhunters

Exactly! At least the Insurance companies pay the beneficiaries of the insured.

RomyLitz

Yep, Matt 28:18-20 strongly prohibited him to do it. He should read and re-read the Bible.

At least this guy is bringing his cause to the senate unlike the CBCP bishops parliamentarizing activies . However two caveats, one, how is he going to thread the separation of the state and the church principle, and two, nowhere in the Bible that the apostles or disciples in the New Testament ran for a government or Ceasar’s post? Moses abandoned his post and Daniel declined it. Book of Revelation further said, we are the kingdom of the priests, not politicians??

Why not, the JIL is so personality centered. Their leadership is limited to the Villanueva clan alone. After Eddie, they members only pay homage to Joel. JIL has all the qualities of a cult doesn’t it?

Rovingmoron

Just hoping that Rev. Eddie Villanueva, if he becomes senator, will not sponsor a bill that gives the Church the power to intervene in the affairs of government.

Philcruz

I would rather that he did not run. Bible-toting and Bible-spouting lawmakers, especially the head of a sect, is going to cause irritants and problems.

UrHONOR

NANG nakikialam, PINATATAKBO.
Nang TATAKBO, pinakikialamanan.

Sadyang walang paglalagyan! :)

demonYOU

TSUPAeng eto ba ang hinahala mo o yung si tesda boy?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AQ7FKNAHJQWEDZKOGGWF7E3ZZU Gene

The Messiah then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Yep, the taxes can start pruning the “cult” masquerading as a religious sector when in fact human trafficking or money laundering are rampantly violated if not nakedly abused. Why? Because the church enjoys an unlimited exemptions !! Tax all of them now !!

Ecclesiates 1:15 “That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.”

RomyLitz

Matt 28:18-20 says Eddie should not go to the house of congress but discipling them AND baptizing people in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost… How can he follow , 24-hours a day, this commandment if he stay in congress very occupied and busy with the bills deliberation and acting as peacemakers? He should go disciple and baptize….no..never …act as a peacemaker or lawmaker…HE should know that Apostle Paul was a great troublemaker when it comes to evangelization duties…

Hey! Bro. Eddie Villanueva aka “Ka Nonnie” you said before “ibagsak ang naghaharing uri, kapitalismo at itaguyod at pa-igtingin ang pambansang sandatahang pakikibaka”, then why are you now on and with the system??

1voxPopuli

gusto kaagad national position, di ba pwedeng pa-mayor mayor muna?

naki lima

Bro. Eddie i think this is the time that you have to accept that politics is not for you…

RomyLitz

Better for Eddie to face the politician Bishops or fake religious groups on a TV live one-on-one debate on the biblicality of the bishops interference of the state affairs. If Eddie does this, he is more respectable than any president of the Philippines.

Hoy Brother Eddie how do we know that it was really God who is whispering in your ear? You’re a very lucky mortal, imagine God talking with you! Tinalo mo pa si Pope John Paul who never had the opportunity to talk with God!

he he without your inner being or your spiritual being isa kang zombie. And if you can’t hear the inner voice, you are alien. Thanks for the gift of democracy..we are free to comment kahit ang mga hindi pinag iisipang comments

http://www.facebook.com/rodger.waters.12 Rogelio Aguas

walang signs na ibibigay, dahil ang tatlong signs ay naibigay na: ang virgin birth, 3 days of noah in the whale’s belly, and gideon’s wool. and the Creator hated being tested, thus asking for a sign is a manifestation of a doubt. kaya by mere asking for a sign, is already a grave sin.

The constitution does not ban religious leaders from running for public office. Separation of church and state does not apply here…even Father Ed Panlilio, a catholic priest ran for governor in Pampanga and won
I would rather have people in our government who love God and country…

boybakal

Agree, but Father Panlilio disrobed to run as Governor, in short he was a civilian.
Same should be to Brother Ed, relinquish the Leadership of his church and run as ordinary candidate without affiliation.

ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPH III OF THE JIL CONSTITUTIONWe affirm that as a religious corporation and Corporation Sole, the overall ownership, stewardship, management and administration of the people, finances, assets, properties and facilities of the JILCW and its ancillary ministries (JILCWMFI, JILCF, etc.), of whatever nature, wherever it may be situated, be it inside and/or outside of the Philippines, however it may be called and referred to in other jurisdiction are subject to the universal supreme control, authority, mandate and administration of its Founder-Spiritual Director and International President, Bishop Eduardo C. Villanueva.

http://www.facebook.com/rodger.waters.12 Rogelio Aguas

AND HAD PANLILIO ABLE TO STOP JUETENG? walang jueteng kung walang corrupt. being the barometer of corruption if the philippine setting, where jueteng exists, so do corrupt leaders.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4C2SFYIH52Y2KR7QPZPHJO2XQQ sl1

Brother Eddie, just devote your time to God’s teaching and not enter politics. Why do you need to enter politics when you can help your fellowmen in your present status unless you have other intentions. Politics & religion doesn’t mix good result that’s the reason religion and state are separated in our constitution.

simondj

iyan, malapit ka na,, politics and religion when mixed together results oppression. the people in that era, when politics and religion mingled together were oppressed to death, so the people declare to themselves, particularly the framers of the US constitution, to separate the state and the church from each other. the state should recognize no (state) church.
but this does not mean, the church can not voice their opinion.

In an interview, Villanueva said the reason why he wants to be in the Senate is to mediate between the opposing and fighting senators.

http://www.facebook.com/rodger.waters.12 Rogelio Aguas

he wants the pork barrel. money is his lord. jesus did not exist. jesus was derived from greek word iesus, meaning hail to zeus or the healing zeus.

dangerzone1234

sugapa sa pera talaga di pa kontento

regd

The end of the world will happen when these so called religious authorities, pastors, bishops, clergy’s etc especially the catholic church stops interfering with the affairs of the state.

I do not foresee that ever happening hence we’re ok. Life continues and stupid people continue to be stupid.

beerhunters

Torontostar, canada. fraudsters scam fellow filipino community in investing in chain of chiropractic clinic
Rowena Villanueva, 47, and her husband, Quintin Robles, 57, are each charged with 16 counts of fraud over $5,000. Villanueva also faces charges of theft of a credit card and using a credit card obtained by crime. The couple spent Wednesday in custody and were scheduled for a bail hearing on Thursday

last time he used God as a reason to enter politics but lost. and now this wooo crazy .
. anyway good luck Eddie. anything can happen in da pilipins . in 2010, 15 million people voted for a mongoloid. :)

When you use God in anything, you must be lying because God does not exist. God is just a creation of brilliant minds who believe there is someone or something that transcends anything they and will ever know.

Brother Eddie, say you just want to serve.

simondj

in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. what is your question?

Jesse_Bruce_Pinkman

My question is:

Are you fúcking stupid?

Josemakabayan

Bro. Eddie is a practitioner of the saying TRY AND TRY AGAIN UNTIL YOU SUCCEED !!! But I thought there is a separation of the church and state ??? That’s why some of the priests who opted to run for public office have to resigned from their religious assignments !!!!!!! I guess Bro. Eddie is exempted from that because he thinks he is the church he represents ??????

ohnioknieves

C’mon rev Eddie Villanueva, it’s written in the scriptures that “YOU cannot serve 2 Masters”! Concentrate on your brethren especially your pastors overseas, “for they do not know what they are preaching”.

ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPH III OF THE JIL CONSTITUTION
We affirm that as a religious corporation and Corporation Sole, the overall ownership, stewardship, management and administration of the people, finances, assets, properties and facilities of the JILCW and its ancillary ministries (JILCWMFI, JILCF, etc.), of whatever nature, wherever it may be situated, be it inside and/or outside of the Philippines, however it may be called and referred to in other jurisdiction are subject to the universal supreme control, authority, mandate and administration of its Founder-Spiritual Director and International President, Bishop Eduardo C. Villanueva.

http://www.facebook.com/rodger.waters.12 Rogelio Aguas

if you are what your alias says you are, make him win. if he didn’t, you’re f@cked!

ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPH III OF THE JIL CONSTITUTION
We affirm that as a religious corporation and Corporation Sole, the overall ownership, stewardship, management and administration of the people, finances, assets, properties and facilities of the JILCW and its ancillary ministries (JILCWMFI, JILCF, etc.), of whatever nature, wherever it may be situated, be it inside and/or outside of the Philippines, however it may be called and referred to in other jurisdiction are subject to the universal supreme control, authority, mandate and administration of its Founder-Spiritual Director and International President, Bishop Eduardo C. Villanueva.

Religious leaders (any denomination) should not be allowed to run for public office until they “de-frock” first (separation of Church and State, HELLOOOO?!). Look, former Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio did that at least. Paano ba mag-defrock ang mga JIL?

Yes, even corrupt (but not convicted) people can run. I KNOW. If you notice on my next (more recent post) I was appealing to his sense of decency. I did not cite a provision in the constitution or cite any election law. I was asking for DELICADEZA!

BTW, thanks for the tribute. You actually took the effort to create that profile huh. Lol. That is really pathetic. Haha. But hey, whatever floats your boat.

Brother Eddie, if you are a man of principle like you claim to be, you should remember to not allow your candidacy benefit from your being the leader of JIL movement. Make sure that not one centavo from the JIL is used to help your candidacy. That is CORRUPTION. Religious group ang JIL, hindi political group. That is mis-aligning of funds. The people that surround you that says it’s okay, because we want you to run, is the devil speaking to you! Gusto mong tumakbong senator or whatever? REMOVE yourself from the JIL. You must cut ALL TIES! Sense of decency. If Among Ed Panlilio did it, you should too! Tumakbo ka kung gusto mo. But do so with your own resources. Hindi resources ng JIL. Kung hindi, hindi lang ikaw corrupt, buong JIL ay corrupt. You are taking the whole movement down with you. And for what? Vanity and worldly ambition, which makes you no better than all those you have condemned. You have become one of them.

Well, Among Ed Panililio won with people power and little else. I still believe in the collective wisdom of the Filipino voters.

Dionysus Maguayan

bro. eddie, you should have priorities like manny pacquiao..manny might be good in boxing but not as much in politics..to me, it seems that politics and being religious leader should not combine. let your son do the politicking not you as religious leader. you had already participated twice and maybe somebody is telling that you should not be involve in politics anymore you can do better being a religious leader.

beerhunters

Eddie Villanueva does remember Tatang Valentin de los Santos, like himself, a self proclaimed prophet who lead his believers into a massacre at Mendiola.

GOOD SHOW!!!!! A man of God will not steal and will think of the people.Bro.Eddie has his JIL group,thats good enough to vote him in.Hope he does well,i have nothing against preachers of the faith as long as they are sincere and not dupp the poor using God as an instrument for money.I guess you know what im taking about.